[coreboot] r783 - coreboot-v3/arch/x86

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 18.08.2008 18:15, ron minnich wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> wrote
>> Since we agreed upon SELF, I think the patch that implements SELF in v3
>> can also drop ELF loading in one step. Any takers?
>>     
>
> get me the patch and I'll test it. ELF loading in the BIOS seemed like
> a great idea but has been a real hassle since day one. It burned us
> very badly on a linux alpha cluster we installed at sandia in 2001. I
> would love to see it removed.
>   

Does the current SELF code allow per-segment compression selection? The
SELF wiki page http://www.coreboot.org/SELF suggests this is not the
case. How do we load data files to a prespecified location? The entry
point is a mandatory part of the SELF spec because it also works as
terminator.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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